For thousands of years, the Great Plains were home to countless numbers of American bison, but in the late 1800s, the number of bison dropped from nearly 30 million to just a few hundred in less than 100 years. What happened to place this national icon on the brink of extinction? Join us as we detail the events that led to this mass extermination. Then follow the story of William Temple Hornaday, a chief taxidermist at the Smithsonian Institution who headed west to hunt bison for the museum, but ended up saving the species instead.

Join us as we explore life on the highest mountain plateau on Earth. This beautiful and other worldl...

Explore an extraordinary region where water and land life intermingle six months out of the year.

Filmed over three years in various locations, from the Fiji Islands to the Bahamas, Wonders of the S...

Two young brothers secretly bring home a seal from their summer vacation and try to hide it from Mom...

Humans hunt for baby apes. But things are not always done properly when chimpanzees and orangutans a...

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...

An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, aw...

Crazy cat lady or world-class musician? You decide. Dorian Rence smashes our notions of what matters...

The Tasmanian Tiger twists and turns depending on how it's seen. Sheep-killing beast or tragic victi...

Whether it's the biggest great white, the most photographed tiger shark, or the shark known for jump...

The remarkable true story of three animal species rescued from the brink of extinction: California’s...
This short film focuses on how conservationists endeavor to protect wildlife.

Two hundred years after Charles Darwin set foot on the shores of the Galápagos Islands, David Attenb...

Ewan McGregor narrates a captivating portrait of wild Shetland and traces the course of a breeding s...

70 years after the last wolves roamed the national park, a total of 41 wolves were reintroduced betw...

The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with thi...

The ultimate icons of the polar wilderness able to withstand the harshest environments and remain a ...